Suliasi Tupou Ahio (born 3 August 1982), better known as Bowie Tupou, is an Australian professional boxer.

Tupou has peaked at 13th in the WBO rankings after winning the WBO African title against Hunter Sam in March 2015. Tupou lost the title in August 2015 against Joseph Parker.

Early life Tupou moved to Mt Druitt at age of 11, then to Newtown, New South Wales when he got married. Before becoming a boxer, Bowie played professional rugby league football in Australia for the Penrith Panthers in the under 21s. In 2001 Tupou was selected to tour New Zealand, which included a game against Southland under-21 in Queenstown. His NRL career never happened due to being sucked into the booze culture and he fell into that trap like many youngsters can. Tupou wife was the first person to suggest boxing as a sport, to help get him back on track and install some discipline in his life.

Professional boxing career He began his boxing career training with Johnny Lewis, Australia's most well-known boxing coach, having trained Jeff Fenech, Jeff Harding, Virgil Hill and Kostya Tszyu. After only one amateur bout, he knocked out his opponent in the first round. Tupou made his pro debut on 18 February 2006 in South Windsor, New South Wales, Australia, against Brian Fitzgerald. Tupou won the evenly fought battle by a majority decision. Six months later on a rematch with Fitzgerald, Tupou picked up the lightly regarded New South Wales Heavyweight title. At the end of 2006 he settled in Los Angeles where he started training with Justin Fortune at the Pound4Pound Gym.

In 2007 he signed with Gary Shaw and made his U.S. debut on 7 September. In April 2008 he signed with a new coach Jeff Mayweather. He has beaten his first club fighters in Cisse Salif and Ray Hayes. In 2009 he was knocked out by club fighter Demetrice King but a 2011 knock out of Manuel Quezada and a points win over Donnell Holmes restored some credibility. Bowie now resides in Las Vegas, NV. In 2012 he was knocked out by Malik Scott and Bryant Jennings.

Returning to Australia When returning to Australia in 2013, Tupou started training with Jeff Fenech. Since that return he had a three win streak with wins over Hunter Sam, Nick Guivas and Junior Maletino Iakopo. After the three wins Tupou received his first major world ranking, ranked 13th in WBO and winning the WBO African title. Five months after winning the title, Tupou suffered his fourth loss to Joseph Parker.

In 2016, Tupou fought a rematch against Hunter Sam after both boxers took the fight on a week's notice. Tupou won the fight by TKO. Tupou had his last regional title shot against the tallest boxer in the world, New Zealand American Julius Long. Long won the Interim WBA title by Split Decision, his biggest win of his career.

Professional boxing titles Australian New South Wales State Australia – New South Wales State heavyweight title (262½Ibs) World Boxing Organisation WBO Africa heavyweight title (284½Ibs)

Professional boxing record

ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes37Loss29–8Teremoana TeremoanaKO1 (8), 29 Apr 202636Loss29–7Joseph GoodallTKO4 (10), 26 Apr 202535Win29–6Arsene FossoSD 619 Oct 202434Win28–6Randall RaymentKO3 (10), 26 Apr 201933Win27–6Roger IzonriteiKO1 (6) 2 Feb 201932Loss26–6Randall RaymentSD623 Nov 201831Loss26–5Julius LongSD107 Oct 2016 30Win26–4Hunter SamTKO5 (6), 27 Feb 201629Loss25–4Joseph ParkerKO1 (12), 1 Aug 201528Win25–3Hunter Sam1027 Mar 201527Win24–3Nick GuivasTKO6 (8), 19 Mar 201426Win23–3Junior Maletino IakopoUD620 Dec 201325Lose22–3Bryant JenningsTKO5 (12), 8 Dec 201224Loss22–2Malik ScottTKO8 (8), 8 Sep 201223Win22–1Donnell HolmesUD1017 Dec 201122Win21–1Manuel QuezadaKO7 (10), 14 May 201121Win20–1Andrew GreeleyUD48 Apr 201120Win19–1Alexis MejiasRTD2 (6), 21 May 201019Loss18–1Demetrice KingKO2 (8), 1 Aug 200918Win18–0Chris KovalTKO3 (8), 9 May 200917Win17–0Marcus RhodeTKO1 (10), 28 Mar 200916Win16–0Cisse SalifUD610 Jan 200915Win15–0Otis TisdaleTKO2 (10), 7 Jun 200814Win14–0Ramon HayesUD612 Apr 200813Win13–0John Clark4 (6), 22 Feb 200812Win12–0Jason BergmanKO2 (6), 30 Nov 200711Win11–0Harvey JollyKO2 (6), 5 Oct 200710Win10–0John ClarkTKO4 (6), 7 Sep 20079Win9–0Richard TutakiKO3 (6), 10 Nov 20068Win8–0Alex MeneTKO2 (6), 21 Oct 20067Win7–0Brian Fitzgerald68 Sep 20066Win6–0Ramba SithsianbohTKO1 (6), 4 Aug 20065Win5–0Terry Tuteru1 (4), 14 Jul 20064Win4–0Vai ToevaiKO1 (6) 9 Jun 20063Win3–0John JusticeKO1 (8), 12 May 20062Win2–0Corey Wainwright1 (6), 24 Mar 20061Win1–0Brian Fitzgerald618 Feb 2006

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